Thread: Back in two

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Going home, made 17 days on a drilling rig in GOM. I don't even turn on my computer on while i'm home my two weeks. So i will not be back on till I get back.

I am going to try and get back to the track for my second time.

This is going to be another one of those guess my time post.

55 belair/283/ 4 spd /3.55 gear last time out first run ever in anything.
pas #1 15.5@92 pass#2 clutch stuck to floor from 2nd to 3rd 15.8@88
pas#3 15.4 @94 was in 3rd gear at 6200RPM


Busted rear end and found a 3.70 gear, acording to the math 100 mph will take 6800 rpm, motor pulls to 7000.

Am I still going to be stuck at 15 sec or if I can get to 100mph will I be close to 14?

With the higher gear a had a poor 3 second 60 ft time!!!!

I don't think going from 3:55 to 3:70 will make a huge difference, maybe a 1/10 or 2/10, but a half second will be tough. 4:11 might have a better shot at it, but a 283 can only do so much.

Actually, your times are pretty respectable, IMO. Don't know what all is done to car, but maybe more cam/ intake/exhaust will get you where you want to be.


JMO,

Don

IMHO, those are very respectful times considering your engine/car configuration. If you're not running headers a set of those with a sticky, wider rear tire will help you get a little lower as will a stouter cam and head work, but being street worthy will suffer.

sounds like to me you got that 55 humping.

I'm no genius but someone once said "283 inches is NOT going to be happy about dragging 4000 plus pounds around."